East Side Elementary School

East Side Elementary School operates as a heavily attended elementary campus in Marietta, Georgia, part of Cobb County. Current enrollment sits at 1,072 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 77% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 110 schools in Cobb County (105,738 students total), East Side Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, East Side Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest comes out to 27% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cobb County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East Side Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.4%.

Around the school, Cobb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. East Side Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Walton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Side Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Side Elementary School has declined 16%, going from 1,279 students in 2018 to 1,072 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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